Intro note: to understand what restrictions there are on the internet for Hasidim, you have to understand how restrictions work in the Hasidic community. Unlike, say, in China, where the government can point-blank block domains, Hasidim who live in New York City cannot simply physically be blocked from using the internet. Instead, customs are enforced among Hasidim through a combination...

This belongs to the genre of "internet warnings", among the ways in which the Hasidic community has been responding to access to the outside world through the internet. The number of posters alone is immense.
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This belongs to the genre of ways in which the Hasidic community has been responding to access to the outside world through the internet. The number of posters alone is immense.
Text of poster:
In this no one doubts!
That to take out a smartphone in public...

A screenshot taken from a Whatsapp group titled in Yiddish "Satmer Worldwide" is circulating on Whatsapp, the social media platform of choice for many Hasidim. It suggests that as part of the ongoing campaign amongst Hasidim to limit their use of internet and smartphones for non-commercial ends, the focus has now turned to the widespread use of Whatsapp and Whatsapp-groups.
​This...

Relevant Text / Last Paragraph:
Let’s make a commitment to sign off from the “Whatsapp” groups that are the opposite of all things Torah and fear of God, and install the strongest filter - even if it isn’t comfortable - and that way hasten the coming of the Messiah, soon, in our days, amen.
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While I think nothing compares to being a visitor in the Hasidic community, I have found that the tour travels well. I can bring my presentations, rugelach and other materials to your class or community or home for the traveling tour. I’ll be the tourist, for a change!
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BOROUGH PARK FOOD TOUR

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The Borough Food Tour is themed around Hasidic Life. We try mouth-watering rugelach and dairy pastries, piping chollent, fresh challah with famous tomato and eggplant dips, and more.
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The Williamsburg Food Tour is themed around Hasidic Life. We try mouth-watering rugelach and dairy pastries, piping chollent, fresh challah with famous tomato and eggplant dips, and more.
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The Culture Tour will take place in Hasidic Williamsburg, near the Marcy Avenue train station.
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